Quick answer: Venus is retrograde from October 3 to November 14, 2026, about 41 days: from 08 degrees 29 minutes of Scorpio back into Libra on October 25, stationing direct at 22 degrees 51 minutes of Libra. For each sign it touches two houses, one in Scorpio and one in Libra, and your rising sign gives the more precise reading.
The Venus retrograde 2026 post explains the cycle as a whole. This one answers the question most readers arrive with: what does it mean for my sign? Because Venus crosses two signs, every sign gets a two-part review.
When Venus Is Retrograde in 2026
| Retrograde from | Direct again | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2026 · 8°29′ Scorpio | 14 November 2026 · 22°51′ Libra | Scorpio, then Libra from 25 October |
All times are UTC. The station direct falls at 00:27 UTC, still the evening of November 13 across the Americas. Mercury is retrograde too, from October 24 to November 13, entirely in Scorpio, so late October carries a double review. Every reversal of the year is on the 2026 retrograde calendar.
How to Read This: Sun Sign or Rising Sign
Astrology is an interpretive, traditional language, not a prediction. The paragraphs below use whole-sign houses: the sign rising at your birth is your first house, and each following sign takes the next. The Sun sign gives a general reading; the rising sign gives the more precise one, and a free birth chart shows it in seconds.
Two houses are named for each sign. The Scorpio phase, October 3 to 25, touches the second house named; the Libra phase, October 25 to November 14, touches the first. "Review" means looking again at what is already in place, not acquiring something new.
Venus Retrograde 2026 for Each Sign
Aries. Venus reviews your seventh house of partnerships and your eighth house of shared money and intimacy. The Scorpio weeks ask whether trust and pooled resources are as fair as they look: a joint account, a debt, a secret kept too long. From October 25 the Libra weeks turn to the partnership itself, including one you left behind. The theme is balance between what you give a partner and what comes back.
Taurus. Venus, your ruling planet, reviews your sixth house of work and health routines and your seventh house of partnerships. In Scorpio the focus is the people you are committed to: a partner, a business associate, a former love who writes. In Libra it moves to daily life, the job you tolerate, the routine your body has outgrown. The review asks what you have been quietly putting up with.
Gemini. Venus reviews your fifth house of romance, creativity and children, and your sixth house of work and health. The Scorpio phase examines work: a colleague, an unfair workload, a habit that costs more than it gives. After October 25 the Libra phase revisits pleasure, an old romance, a creative project set aside, the way you play. The question is whether your effort and your joy are in proportion.
Cancer. Venus reviews your fourth house of home and family and your fifth house of romance and creativity. In Scorpio it is love and creative life that come up for inspection: an old flame, a child's needs, a piece of work that wants finishing rather than starting. In Libra the attention settles on home, family agreements and the house itself. The theme is what makes you feel safe, and whether it still does.
Leo. Venus reviews your third house of communication and siblings and your fourth house of home and family. The Scorpio weeks reach into family matters, property, a parent, the emotional roots you rarely discuss. From October 25 the Libra weeks turn to how you speak and listen: a sibling, a neighbour, a conversation never finished. Review here means repairing words and foundations rather than laying new ones.
Virgo. Venus reviews your second house of money and self-worth and your third house of communication. In Scorpio the subject is communication: messages, contracts, siblings, the way you ask for what you need. In Libra it becomes money and value, what you charge, what you spend on comfort, what you believe you are worth. The review connects the two: how you talk about money and how you feel about it.
Libra. Venus, your ruling planet, reviews your first house of self and appearance and your second house of money and values. The Scorpio phase examines income, possessions and what you will no longer pay for. After October 25 Venus is in your own sign and the review turns personal: your image, your style, how others see you. Wait until mid-November for the drastic haircut. The theme is value, starting with your own.
Scorpio. Venus reviews your twelfth house of the inner life and closure and your first house of self and appearance. The retrograde begins in your sign, so the early weeks are about you: how you present yourself, what you attract, the relationships that mirror you back. In Libra the review goes inward, to private matters, unfinished endings and the people you have not forgiven. The cazimi of October 23 falls in your sign, a symbolic reset of the self.
Sagittarius. Venus reviews your eleventh house of friends and groups and your twelfth house of the inner life. The Scorpio phase is quiet and private: old feelings, secrets, a tie you thought was over. From October 25 the Libra phase turns to friendship and community, the group that drifted, the friend who gives more than they receive. Review here means noticing who belongs in your circle and whom you have outgrown.
Capricorn. Venus reviews your tenth house of career and reputation and your eleventh house of friends and groups. In Scorpio the subject is your network: alliances, professional friendships, the group you joined for the wrong reasons. In Libra it becomes public life, your standing, a boss or client, the work you are known for. The theme is whether your ambitions and your allies still point the same way.
Aquarius. Venus reviews your ninth house of travel, study and beliefs and your tenth house of career. The Scorpio weeks look at career: a role you have outgrown, recognition that was unfair, a professional relationship to renegotiate. After October 25 the Libra weeks revisit the bigger picture, a course of study, a long journey, a belief about what a good life is. Review here means checking that the goal still deserves the climb.
Pisces. Venus reviews your eighth house of shared money and intimacy and your ninth house of travel, study and beliefs. In Scorpio the focus is on distance and meaning: a foreign connection, a teacher, a philosophy of love that no longer fits. In Libra it deepens to shared resources, a loan, an inheritance, the intimacy that depends on trust. The theme is what you share and whether the sharing is fair.
Who Feels It Most
The retrograde zone runs from 22°51′ Libra to 8°29′ Scorpio. Natal planets or angles within about 3° of it feel the review most directly, as do points in the opposite zone, late Aries to early Taurus, and in the squares, late Cancer to early Leo and late Capricorn to early Aquarius.
The October 23 Turning Point
Around October 23 the Sun meets retrograde Venus in Scorpio, the inferior conjunction or cazimi. Tradition reads it as the heart of the cycle, where the old Venus theme ends and a new one is seeded. For every sign, the house holding Scorpio is where that reset lands.
How to Work With It
- Review, repair and renegotiate in the two houses named for your sign; hold off on launching there.
- Treat returning people and old feelings as information, not obligation.
- Delay large purchases and dramatic changes of look until after November 14.
- Read the Mercury retrograde of October 2026 alongside this, since the two overlap from October 24.
The Next Venus Retrograde
Venus is not retrograde at all in 2027. The next cycle runs from 10 May to 22 June 2028 in Gemini, covered in Venus retrograde 2028. The cycle itself is explained on the Venus retrograde hub.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which signs are most affected by Venus retrograde 2026?
Libra and Scorpio, by Sun or rising, since Venus moves through both between October 3 and November 14, 2026, and Taurus, which Venus also rules. More precisely, anyone with planets or angles between 22°51′ Libra and 8°29′ Scorpio, or in the opposite and square degrees, feels the review directly.
Is Venus retrograde 2026 bad for Libra and Scorpio?
No. For Libra it reviews money and then the self; for Scorpio it reviews the self and then the inner life. Astrology reads October 3 to November 14, 2026 as a time to reassess rather than to begin, not as a judgement on either sign. The full cycle is in the Venus retrograde 2026 post.
Should I read my Sun sign or my rising sign?
Both, but trust the rising sign more. It places the Scorpio phase (October 3 to 25) and the Libra phase (October 25 to November 14) in the houses your chart actually uses. The Sun sign reading is the general guide when the birth time is unknown.
When does Venus retrograde 2026 end?
Venus stations direct on November 14, 2026, at 22°51′ Libra, 00:27 UTC, still the evening of November 13 in the Americas. The retrograde began on October 3 at 8°29′ Scorpio. Venus is not retrograde in 2027; the next one is 10 May to 22 June 2028 in Gemini.